Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
And in that day - In the invasion of Sennacherib. It might be rendered, ' And the Lord, Yahweh of hosts, on such a day calls to weeping;' intimating that in such a time it was a general truth that God required those who were thus afflicted to weep, and fast, and pray.
Call to weeping - That is, by his providence; or, it was "proper" that at such a time they should weep. Affliction, oppression, and calamity are indications from God "always" that we ought to be humbled, and to prostrate ourselves before Him.
And to baldness - To plucking off the hair, or shaving the head - one of the emblems of grief among the ancients Job 1:20; Micah 1:16.
And to girding with sackcloth - (see the note at Isaiah 3:24).
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Isaiah 22:12:
2 Chronicles 32:7
Psalms 69:11
Isaiah 15:2
Isaiah 22:2
Jeremiah 2:16
Ezekiel 7:18
Joel 1:13
Joel 2:16
Zechariah 13:4
James 4:9
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